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Recoding an NA and back again
“Replace NAs with
replace_na()
and code to NA with
na_if()
”
R tip
Mar 12, 2024
Zoë Turner
2 min
259 words
Showcasing a function -
separate()
“Separating codes from one cell couldn’t be any easier in R”
R tip
Mar 12, 2024
Zoë Turner
1 min
145 words
Building a Quarto website for NHS-R Community
“Delving into the blog history of NHS-R Community as the site moves into the future with Quarto”
Personal Story
Feb 24, 2024
Zoë Turner
7 min
1,218 words
Navigating the Data-Driven Frontier: Insights from an NHS-R Committee Member
‘It is with great excitement that I share my recent journey as a committee member with the NHS-R Community, a vibrant hub dedicated to championing the use of R and data science tools in the UK health and care system.’
Committee
Feb 6, 2024
Prajwal Khairnar
3 min
466 words
Success story - Kate Cheema, Director of Health Intelligence, British Heart Foundation
“Success story”
Success Story
Mar 21, 2022
Kate Cheema
3 min
541 words
Success story - Dr Lydia Briggs, Data Scientist, GOSH
“Success story”
Success Story
Mar 21, 2022
Lydia Briggs
2 min
251 words
Success story - Dr William Bryant, Senior Data Scientist, GOSH
“Success story”
Success Story
Mar 21, 2022
William Bryant
1 min
157 words
Count of working days function
Creating a function to work out the number of working days a seasonal bus ticket can be used.
Function
Jul 16, 2019
Zoë Turner
7 min
1,212 words
Simpler SQL with dplyr
“Comparing dplyr with SQL nested queries”
R tips
SQL
dplyr
Patient Flow
Jun 7, 2018
John MacKintosh
6 min
1,129 words
Diverging Bar Charts – Plotting Variance with ggplot2
“The aim here is to create a diverging bar chart that shows variance above and below an average line.”
R tips
ggplot2
Base R
May 24, 2018
Gary Hutson
5 min
916 words
Diverging Dot Plot and Lollipop Charts – Plotting Variance with ggplot2
“The aim here is to create a diverging bar chart that shows variance above and below an average line.”
R tips
ggplot2
Base R
May 24, 2018
Gary Hutson
4 min
669 words
Histogram with auto binning in ggplot2
“Building the Histogram with auto binning”
R tips
ggplot2
Base R
May 24, 2018
Gary Hutson
3 min
497 words
Why Government needs sustainable software too
“In this blog post I want to talk about why Government needs sustainable software, the work being done to deliver it, and the lessons we learnt after the first year.”
Software
May 24, 2018
Matthew Upson
10 min
1,905 words
R studio shortcuts
“There is a full list of short cuts here and I have pulled together my three most used shortcuts.”
R tips
May 21, 2018
Emma Vestesson
1 min
129 words
The :: operator
“Sometimes two packages will have a function with the same name but they will do different things.”
R tips
May 21, 2018
Emma Vestesson
3 min
405 words
Importing and exporting Data
‘There are a large number of file types that are able to store data. R is usually able to import most of them but there are some caveats.’
R tips
May 15, 2018
S Zeki
1 min
196 words
The joy of R
‘Hello. My name is Julian and I am an R addict. I got hooked about 3 years ago when I took on a new role in Public Health England developing a public health data science team.’
Personal Story
Apr 9, 2018
Julian Flowers
5 min
830 words
Aiming for a wrangle-free (or reduced) world
‘I work as a Data Scientist at Public Health England. I am part of a small team that have a role in trying to modernise how we “do” data.’
Personal Story
Mar 23, 2018
Sebastian Fox
6 min
1,193 words
NHS meets R
‘Hello and welcome to our nascent NHS-R Community; a community dedicated to promoting the learning, application and utilisation of R in the National Health Service (NHS) in the United Kingdom.’
NHS-R
Mar 19, 2018
3 min
523 words
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